The iconic bounty hunter from the original “Star Wars” trilogy films actually made his debut during an animated segment of the best-forgotten “Star Wars Holiday Special” from 1978. Now more than 30 years later, Boba’s back to his small-screen animated roots on Cartoon Network’s hit series, “Star Wars: The Clone Wars.”

And we do mean the real Boba Fett. As in the real Daniel Logan, the actor who portrayed the young version of Jango Fett’s favorite son in the “Star Wars” prequel, “Episode II – Attack of the Clones.” Logan returns to the role of young Boba for Friday night’s “Clone Wars” and next week’s finale.

For Logan, bringing young Boba back to life was a real treat. Especially since it meant revisiting a character so beloved by “Star Wars” fans like himself.

“The fanbase of Boba Fett is the one who really created this character,” Logan says.

That fanbase is in for the return of a young Boba seeking vengeance on Mace Windu and the rest of the Jedi who left him an orphan after Windu killed Boba’s “father” Jango in “Episode II.”

Logan notes Boba is still a kid in “Clone Wars,” maybe around three or four years older than when we last saw him in “Attack of the Clones,” and has since teamed up with Aurra Sing (“Sin City” star Jaime King) and others “who may not be the best but they are his peers now.”

Daniel Logan (Lucasfilm)

Notice he says peers, not babysitters. After all, a vengeful Boba Fett is still a dangerous Boba Fett at any age.

“I think the worst thing you can do is pity Boba Fett,” Logan says. “You have to watch him.”

The New Zealand native recalls watching a lot of Jeremy Bulloch’s performance as the original Boba Fett when preparing for his live-action turn as young Boba in “Attack of the Clones.” For his animated performance in “Clone Wars,” viewers will “see” Logan thanks to a big studio camera that was on him the entire time of his first reading, shooting various facial expressions for artists to use in the final animated product.

“They brought all of those looks across to Boba that I just laughed the whole time I was watching the film,” Logan says. “Not laughing because it was funny, but laughing because that is me. That’s my face that these amazing artists created.”

A face much younger than the 22-year-old now voicing it, but Logan’s just the same.

Logan says these last three “Clone Wars” episodes of the second season capitalize on everything they could with this young Boba — a role Logan says serves as a perfect bridge between older fans of the original “Star Wars” trilogy and children just discovering Anakin Skywalker and his pre-Darth Vader era for the first time.

“Not being narcissistic, but I think Boba is going to make an impact in the galaxy again,” Logan says. “The fans are going to be amazed.”

You can ask questions and chat with Daniel Logan via his Twitter account Friday night, April 23, at 8:30 p.m. Central.